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Doprovod mu v tchto vtch dlvaj asov uren typu zatm / u / jet / nikdy, tedy yet, so far, before, since etc. pomoc nich se pp lze dostat na stopu a s trochou tst i na kobylku I've never grown marijuana before so I'm not sure about what lights to use. Marihuanu jsem jet nikdy nepstoval, take si nejsem jist tm, jak osvtlen mm pout. So far there have been at least twelve arrests. Zatm bylo zateno minimln dvanct lid. I don't think there's ever been a fox-colored wolf. Podle m nikdy dn vlk v barv liky neexistoval. The price hasn't been set yet, but it will definitely be under $20. Cena jet nebyla stanovena, ale urit to bude mn ne 20 dolar. Zchvv optimismu je teba zchladit informac, e ptomnost tchto slov ve vt sama o sob jet neznamen nutnost pout pp. Napklad v nsledujcch vtch jsou (zcela logicky) pouity jin asy He was already dead when we got there. Kdy jsme tam pijeli, byl u mrtv. Is it done yet? No? You never finish anything on time. U je to hotovo? Nen? Ty nikdy nic nedodl vas. We'll still be here when you stop by. My tady jet budeme, kdy se tu zastav. Pro tyto minul dje se pp pouv astji v zpornch vtch (a otzkch) a pln nejastji s urenm doby, po kterou dan situace nenastala (nco se nestalo u njakou dobu). V kladnch oznamovacch vtch jej v americk anglitin vytlauje bn as minul: she already told them = she has already told them I haven't talked to my sister in seven years. ("u jsme se nebavily 7 let" oproti "I didn't talk to her for 7 years" - v minulosti jsme se spolu sedm let nebavily, ale pot jsme opt zaaly komunikovat) The team did something that they haven't done since 2008. Tomu tmu se podailo nco, co se jim nepodailo od roku 2008. My new job hasn't started yet, so I'm taking it easy now. (do nov prce jsem jet nenastoupil; AmE tak: didn't start yet) Have you ever been to a 3D movie theater? (spojen 'have been to' je ustlenm pekladem eskho 'u jsi nkdy byl v...') V podobnch vtch mme samozejm tendenci pouvat as minul. Rozdl tkv v tom, e as minul popisuje dje jasn zasazen v minulosti, ukonen a velmi asto jej doprovz pesn uren asu (her car broke down last week). S pesnm asovm urenm naopak vbec nelad as pedptomn (two years ago I have bought an iPod), kter sebou rd nese (asto nevyen) u / zatm Have you seen Alien? [vidls u? vbec nkdy?] Did you watch the game last night? [zpas vyslali vera veer a je s touto dobou pevn svzn] U ped-as je teba pamatovat na to, e na rozdl od minulch as bvaj
neuzaven; dan dj bud stle pokrauje nebo je monost, e si d repete. Srovnejte si nsledujc situace snad vyctte rozdl, kter etina nee, anglitina ale ano How many boyfriends did you have? [mnno: when you were young; bavme se teba s babikou] How many boyfriends have you had? [mnno: zatm/u, aktuln boyfriend dotyn sleny bude zejm tak jen jednm v ad] Hemingway wrote 25 books in total. [Mr. H zemel, dal knihy nepibudou, odtud minul as] My son has written over a dozen books. [syn bude v psan pokraovat, proto pedptomn, vyjadujc esk 'zatm'] Jin pouit pp (na kter ovem upraj uebnice a moc velkou pozornost) se tk dj, kter se prv staly to jsou vechny ty ei o dopadech na ptomnost I have been diagnosed with a mental illness. [nejsp nedvno; km tm, e jde o aktuln problm, jsem v souasnosti psychicky naruen lovk] I was diagnosed with a mental illness. [nkdy v minulosti; je dost dobe mon, e jsem se mezitm uzdravil] Zajmavjm vyuitm pp jsou doplkov vty typu nejlep ensk, jakou jsi kdy ml / nejhor zpas, jak jsem kdy vidl, v nich hrv prominentn roli slvko ever (the best girlfriend you've ever had / the worst game I have ever seen) Grandma is the sweetest person I have ever known. Babika je nejhodnj lovk, jakho jsem kdy poznal. You can find everything anyone has ever said about you here. Tady me najt vechno, co o tob kdy kdo ekl. What is the worst beer you have ever had? Jak je nejhor pivo, co jsi kdy pil?
This isn't just a tree. It's a 100-year-old walnut tree that has been in the yard basically since this house was built. Toto nen jenom tak njak strom. Je to stolet oech, kter je v zahrad od t doby, co se ten dm stavl. There is no cure for asthma yet. I've had it for 42 yrs. Na astma jet neexistuje dn lk. J u ho mm 42 let. My whole family has known for over a week that my sister is getting married, but they didn't tell me until today. Cel moje rodina u tden v, e se moje sestra vdv, ale mn to ekli a dnes. Na prbhov tvar pedptomnho asu (has been doing) lze nahlet i jinak: v podstat jde o as ptomn prbhov (she is doing) s pidanou hodnotou daje jak dlouho u. Podobn je tomu ostatn i u prostch tvar: I live in York and I like it. / I have lived in York since 1995. I'm talking to a complete stranger. -- I can see that. How long have you been talking to him? bavm se s pln cizm lovkem / jak dlouho se s nm u bav Since when have you been reading this magazine? odkdy te I've been playing video games since I was old enough to handle a joystick. Videohry hraju od t doby, co jsem se nauil ovldat joystick. Kadopdn nadle plat, e kad as m vymezen svj prostor, ve kterm vldne a sv konkurenty do nj nepipout moc rd Does this girl call you often? vol ti asto? How long has she been calling you? jak dlouho u ti volv? How many times has she called you? kolikrt u ti volala? Why is she calling you at five in the morning? pro ti vol (te) v pt rno? What time did she call you last night? v kolik ti vera veer volala? Jet jedna otzka si d zodpovzen: kdy pouijeme tvar prbhov (have been dating) a kdy prost (have dated) pro dje, kter stle jet trvaj? Kde pesn je hranice mezi krat dobou (j konvenuje prbhov tvar: I have been working here since May) a del dobou (kam lpe zapad tvar prost: I have worked here for 30 years)? Dale and I live in Chicago. We have been living together for about six years although Dale has lived in Chicago most of his life. bydlme spolu / Dale tam ije po vtinu ivota Vdci z stavu Pro Uren Hranice Mezi Delm a Kratm Djem vydali rozshlou studii, kde prezentovali vsledky svho dlouholetho zkoumn. e pr nev. Tak i onak, pro vs je v tto fzi dleitj dokzat se stoprocentn pesnost odliit dje v minulosti a dje, kter stle jet probhaj I like Jessa. She and I dated many years ago, but it didn't work out. Jessu mm rd. Ped mnoha lety jsme spolu chodili, ale njak to nedopadlo. Jessa and I have been dating for two years and we have been living together for six months now. S Jessou spolu chodme dva roky a pl roku
te spolu i bydlme. Jeliko pedptomn as me popisovat dva odlin typy dj ( u se nkdy stalo / u se njakou dobu dje), me se vjimen stt, e nevme, kter z jeho pouit mme zrovna ped sebou I really have liked this guy for a long time and we have dated, but at the moment we are not together anymore. [kdysi v minulosti jsme spolu chodili, lo by pout i prost we dated] We have dated for four months and we haven't kissed yet. [chodme spolu u njakou dobu, lpe: we have been dating] Stejn jako u vech ne-eskch as (tedy vech s vjimkou t zkladnch) plat i u asu pedptomnho, e na vs z vty mus sm vyjuknout, nesmte jej aktivn vyhledvat a nsiln roubovat na situace, v nich nem co pohledvat. It's been a great year, and I have learned a lot since I have been here. [I'm still here] mm za sebou / nauil jsem se / co tady jsem It was a great year and I learned a lot while I was there. [I'm not there anymore] byl to skvl rok / nauil jsem se / kdy jsem tam byl